Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
stecca di vaniglia
English translation:
vanilla pods
Italian term
Italy
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Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 1 more.
stecca di vaniglia
There are three main commercial preparations of natural vanilla:
whole pod
powder (ground pods, kept pure or blended with sugar, starch or other ingredients)
extract (in alcoholic solution)
| 4 +5 | vanilla pods |
Raffaella Magi McCann (X)
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| 4 +3 | (whole) vanilla beans |
Nicole Johnson
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Non-PRO (1): silvia b (X)
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Proposed translations
vanilla pods
ciao
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(whole) vanilla beans
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Note added at 27 mins (2007-05-08 08:39:12 GMT)
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After taking a look at some UK websites it seems that vanilla pods is used in the UK while vanilla beans is more commonly used in US English, so the term you use will depend on your audience.
The flavouring comes from the seed pod, or the ‘bean’ of the vanilla plant.
When you use the whole vanilla bean the complexity of flavors and aromas of the bean are released.
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silvia b (X)
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Kimberly Wastler
: Yep. For my Yankee ear, it's a bean!
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Rachel Fell
: didn't realise they were called that in US!
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